29Synonyms found for gurgling

Word Origin & History

gurgle c.1400, gurgitation, a medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," from M.L. gurgulationem (nom. gurgulatio), of imitative origin. Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713.

Example Sentences for gurgling

Most everyone knows that stress can cause a clenched, gurgling, unhappy stomach.

The sweet fresh garden-scent came through the open window, and the birds were busy flitting and alighting, gurgling and singing.

But he was drinking water from a spring which flowed gurgling close by.

Then he rode up to the abyss where the water, gurgling gruesomely, was beginning to flood his home village.

With this gurgling volcano of active internal organs, the body has a critical need to dissipate heat to the surroundings.

The fire had crumbled down to greyness, and one of the lamps made a gurgling appeal for attention.

Such vehicles can be relied on to consume the day's rationed drinking water in their gurgling radiators.

It was even possible to hear the faint gurgling of a small stream.

Amid the gurgling of pine sap and slow flexing of the trees can be heard a stream of chirps: the calls of pinyon engraver beetles.

The show opens in the dark to the swampy sounds of crickets chirping and water gurgling.